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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14,
1989
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WE MUST "HOWEVER,
ENSURE
WE THAT
REMAIN
ATTRACTIVE
то
FINANCIAL
INVESTORS, AND TO DO SO WE WILL NEED TO ENSURE THAT OUR OWN
INCLUDING OUR RESERVES REMAINS STRONG," HE STRESSED. POSITION
-
WANT TO UNDERPLAY THE
THEREFORE, MR MACLEOD SAID HE DID NOT IMPORTANCE OF THESE PROJECTS IN AFFECTING HONG KONG'S CASH FLOW DURING THE 1990'S.
"AS
THE FINANCIAL
SECRETARY
IN SAID
HIS
THE
ΤΟ SPRECH POLICY ADDRESS, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN THE DEBATE ON THE GOVERNOR'S
DISCIPLINE, FOR VIGOROUS THERE WILL BE EVEN MORE NEED FOR FINANCIAL
PROVIDING AND FOR RESTRAINT IN CONTROL OVER PUBLIC RESOURCES FOR OTHER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
THE
EXPENDITURE,
THE NEED TO 'ATTACK "TO THIS END WE ARE CURRENTLY STRESSING
AT EXISTING LOOK CRITICALLY IN OTHER WORDS OR BASELINE' EXPENDITURE, HE SAID, NOTING THAT TIGHTER CONTROLS ON THE THE CIVIL SERVICE HAD BEEN INTRODUCED.
GROWTH OF
SERVICE
"ALL THIS WE HOPE WILL HELP AN ALREADY EFFICIENT CIVIL TO BECOME EVEN MORE CONSCIOUS OF PRODUCTIVITY AND VALUE FOR MONEY
" HE SAID. OF THE NEED TO KEEP PRIORITIES UNDER REVIEW,
AND
NEW CHALLENGES FOR VTC
YEUNG, SAID
FOR THE VOCATIONAL
THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR K.Y. TODAY THURSDAY) THE FUTURE HOLDS NEW CHALLENGES TRAINING COUNCIL (VTC).
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE TOPPING-OUT CEREMONY OF TRAINING COUNCIL TOWER IN WAN CHAI.
OF THE
THE VOCATIONAL
GOVERNMENT'S
PLANS TAKING FROM THE TWO
"FIRST, AS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT FOR EXPANDING TERTIARY EDUCATION, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE VTC OVER AS MANY SUB-DEGREE COURSES AND PLACES AS POSSIBLE POLYTECHNICS," MR YEUNG SAID.
THE SECRETARY SAID HE WAS CONFIDENT THE VTC COULD DO THIS, HE WAS ENCOURAGED THAT THE VTC WOULD REACH ITS OBJECTIVES ON TIME.
AND
IN
HE GAVE ASSURANCE THAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WOULD BE TERMS OF BOTH SUITABLE
FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION ADDITIONAL CAPITAL AND RECURRENT SUBVENTIONS.
SITES
PROVIDED,
AND
OF
OUR
PARTICULARLY IN THE
"SECONDLY, WE HAVE HIGH HOPES OF THE VTC VOCATIONAL TRAINING MECHANISMS INTO
TRAINING AND RE-TRAINING LEVEL MANPOWER IN USEFUL NEW TECHNOLOGIES.
BEING ABLE
THE OF
NEXT OUR TECHNOLOGIST
TO LEAD CENTURY,
/"THIS FIELD